Baling-press



s. F. WEITMAN.

BALING PRESS. APPLICATION FILED NOV.13, 1917. RENEWED JAN. 29,1920.1,351,360.

um i 1 'S. F. WEITMAN.

BALING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-13, wnxnzmzww JAN. 29, 1,920,

1,351,360; te A g- 31, 1920.

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' SOLOMON F. warm/ran, or LIVE OAK, FLORIDA.

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To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SoLoMoN I MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Live Cali, in the county of Suwanee, State of Florida, haveinvented a new and useful Baling-Press; andI dohereby de clare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention,such as will enable others'skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to a baling press, and particularly to animproved plunger operating mechanism for the press.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple, improved andpractical structure of operating means forthe plunger of a baling press,and one which may be manufactured for a small cost and sold at areasonable profit.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a baling chamber, aplunger therein, a U-shaped lever mounted upon the sides of the balinchamber and having linlrconsaid plunger whereby as the the plunger 18renections wit h lever is tilted forwardly,

' ciprocated forwardly in the chamber.

A further object of the invention is to provide elongated slots in thesidewalls of the chamber of the press in which the ends of the arms ofthe .U-shaped levermove, so that the lever may be moved forwardly andthe plun er correspondingly moved, to dis char e the bale from theforward end of the c liamber, after it has been tied.

In practical fields the details of construetion may necessitatealterations falling within the scope of whatis claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts ashereinafter set forth shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the. drawings Figure l is a view in side elevation of the improvedbaling press constructed in accordance with the invention.

- Fig. 2 is a plan view.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectionalview on line 4% of Fi 8.

Fig. 5isa detail perspective view of the curved rack for locking thepivoted lever which moves the plunger. 7

Referring more especially to thedrawings, l designates a casing of abaling press provided with a baling chamber 2 and a Specification ofLetters Patent. 1 Pggfientgd Aug 31 1- 20 Application filed November13,1917, Serial No. 261.787. Renewed January 29, 1920. Serial No.354.886.

into the chamber 2. -Mounted in a guide opening 4 at the rear end of thecasing 1 is a plunger rod 5, and threaded on this rod is a cross bar 6,there being nuts and 8 also threaded upon the plunger rod to preventdisplacement of the bar 6 with re spect to the plunger rod. The forwardportion ofthe plunger rod has a shoulder9 and a threaded extensionlObeyond the shoulder. ThisextensionlO enters an opening in the center ofthe baling, plunger 1, and a i nut 12 is threaded on the extension 10 tohold the baling plunger in place.) The ends of the bar 6 are mounted andguided in op .posite guide slots 13 of thesides of the balhave pivotpins 24 which are, when it is desired to remove the completed bale fromthe end of the press raised out of engagement with the notches 22 andinto the slots 21 so as to allow the plunger llto move forwardly when itis desired to remove the completed bale from the press.

of the U-shaped lever.v In baling the hay, it is passed through thehopper 3 into the chamber 2, and by moving the U-shaped lever on itspivot, the pivot pins 24 having been-seated in the offset notches at therear ends of the slots 21, the plunger may be moved alternately in thechamber 2, to pack and bale the hay of the forward ends of the sides ofthe bale press casing is a rod 27 on which the'forward end piece and thebottom piece 28 and 29 are hingedly mounted. After the hay has beenbaled, the bottom piece may be opened and the bale removed, 'that isafterit has been tied. In order that thebottom piece 29. can be openedthe baling press is designed to be mounted upon suitable legs or.suppports (not shown), so that the bottom piece may be swung downwardlyand the bale removed. The rear end of the bottom piece'has secured to itas shown at 30 an angle plate 31 the uprightfportion of' The links .18are in turn pivoted at 25 to the side arms into the chamber. v Mountedin bearings 26 at the lower'portion designed to receive a bolt 32 tofasten the plate to the casing of the press. Pivoted at 33 on the rearface of the end piece 28 on a suitable lug 34 is a curved toothed rack35, which is under tension of the spring 36. The arch portion of theU-shaped lever has a rib 37, which is de signed to engage any one of theteeth of the toothed rack, to hold the lever tilted down wardly on itspivots as shown in Fig. 1. By throwing the lever upwardly and the rackdownwardly and moving or opening the end piece 28, the bale of hay maybe forced out of the forward end of the baling press. This may beaccomplished by raising the pivots 2% out of the offset portions 22 ofthe slots 21 and moving the lever which is bodily forwardly, the pivotpins moving in the slots, while the plunger will force the bale of haythrough the chamber and out of its forward end.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. In a hay baling machine, a frame having a baling chamber providedwiti guides, a plunger mounted in said chamber, means mounted in saidguides and connected to the plunger, whereby the plunger may be guidedin its movements, and a U-Shaped lever having its arms pivoted to thesides of the baling frame and having link connections with said 'meansfor moving the plunger, the forward .end of the baling chamber having onits outer face a pivoted lever havin its arms pivoted to the sides ofthe bahng frame and having link c0nnect1ons with said means for movingthe plunger, said baling chamber having a forward hinged end, the lowerportions of the side walls of the chamber having elongated mounted insaid guides and connected to the plunger, whereby the plunger may beguided in itsmovements, and a U-shaped lever having its arms pivoted tothe sides of the baling frame and having link connecions with said meansfor moving the plum ger, said baling chamber having a forward hingedend, the lower portions of the side walls of the chamber havingelongated slots provided with offset portions at their rear ends toreceive the pivot pins, whereby the lever maybe pulled forwardly byremoving the pivot pins from the offset portions and causing them tomove longitudinally in the slots, the forward face of the forward endhaving a pivoted spring tensioned rack tobe engaged by the arch of theU-shaped leverv to hold the same tilted forwardly and downwardly whenthe forward end piece is closed, to hold the plunger in'its forwardposition.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. V

soLoMoN r, WEITMAN; Witnesses:

J. G. GAYGANs, A. G. EvANs.

